Table 2.
Some select examples of big data-based registries/databases for cardiovascular disease.
| Country/territory | Database name/acronym | Major details |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | Japanese Registry Of All cardiac and vascular Diseases-Diagnostic Procedure Combination (JROAD-DPC) | Governed by the Japanese Circulation Society (JCS), more than 700,000 health records' data as of 2012 from 610 certificated hospitals |
| Japan Acute Myocardial Infarction Registry (JAMIR) | >20,000 patients | |
| Korea | Prospective Cohort Registry for Heart Failure in Korea (KorAHF) | >5,000 patients |
| Denmark | Danish Cardiac Rehabilitation Database (DHRD) | Collecting data from all hospitals in Denmark |
| Danish Heart Registry | Collecting data from five cardiology centers, eight cardiology satellite centers, four surgical centers, and a private hospital | |
| Sweden | Swedish Primary Care Cardiovascular Database (SPCCD) | >70,000 patients |
| SWEDEHEART | >2 million subjects | |
| USA | National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR) | Governed by the American College of Cardiology (ACC), it consists of 10 registries, eight inpatient/procedure-based and two outpatient-based from more than 2,400 hospitals and 8,500 providers with more than 60 million patient records |